Williams v. State

The defendant petitions for a writ of prohibition following the circuit court’s order denying his motion-to dismiss various violation of probation (VOP). warrants. He argues that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the warrants because, pursuant to Mobley v. State, 197 So.3d 572 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016), the warrants alleged non-criminal VOPs, and he was not arrested on the warrants until after his probation term expired. We conclude that the defendant’s argument lacks merit. Here, unlike Mobley, the VOPs ultimately alleged that, during the defendant’s probation term, he had…